구름

Korean

구름.

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 구룸 (Yale: kwulwum). From 구을— (gueul-), 굴— (gul-, “to roll”) (> modern 구르— (gureu-)) + —움 (-um). Compare the derivation of Chinese 雲 (OC *ɢun, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kuɾɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [구름]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gureum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	guleum
McCune–Reischauer?	kurŭm
Yale Romanization?	kwulum

Noun

구름 • (gureum)

1. cloud

   구름 개다 ― gureum gaeda ― (of clouds) to be cleared

   구름 끼다 ― gureum kkida ― to be clouded

   구름 덮이다 ― gureum deopida ― to be covered with clouds

   구름 잡다 ― gureum japda ― to be as fantastic as "to catch the cloud"

2. verbal noun of 구르다 (gureuda)

Synonyms

• 운 (雲, un, “cloud”)

Derived terms

• 구름다리 (gureumdari, “elevated bridge”)
• 구름바다 (gureumbada, “sea of clouds”)
• 뭉게구름 (munggegureum, “cumulus”)
• 털구름 (teolgureum, “cirrus”)
• 털쌘구름 (teolssaen'gureum, “cirrocumulus”)
• 털층구름 (teolcheunggureum, “cirrostratus”)
• 높쌘구름 (nopssaen'gureum, “altocumulus”)
• 높층구름 (nopcheunggureum, “altostratus”)
• 비층구름 (bicheunggureum, “nimbostratus”)
• 층쌘구름 (cheungssaen'gureum, “stratocumulus”)
• 층구름 (cheunggureum, “stratus”)
• 쌘비구름 (ssaenbigureum, “cumulonimbus”)

See also

• 주름 (jureum, “wrinkle”)
• 구김 (gugim, “crumpling”)